Google Received Copyright Takedown Notices For 3 Million Unique Domains
Over the past few years, copyright holders have asked Google to remove billions of links to allegedly pirated content. At one point, the search engine processed close to three million links per day. A dazzling number to say the least. In recent years this number has slowly declined. This is in part due to Google’s active policy to make pirate sites less visible in its search results. After years of complaining, these efforts were well...
Operator of Popcorn Time Information Site Receives Conditional Sentence
Popcorn Time, the application that became known as the ‘Netflix for Pirates’, first appeared in 2014. It was a massive success and arguably paved the way for the dozens of similar piracy apps currently available on the Android and iOS platforms. In its various guises, Popcorn Time itself managed to attract the negative attention of copyright holders who were determined to reduce the availability and visibility of the popular piracy...
Create template files in GNOME
I just stumbled onto a new (to me) feature of the GNOME desktop that enables you to create a document template. A template is generally an empty shell of a document with certain things configured and is often referred to as boilerplate. An example might be a letterhead for a law firm, with its corporate title and address at the top. Another might be a bank or insurance carrier letter that contains certain disclaimers in the footer at...
Add sound to your Python game
This is part 13 in an ongoing series about creating video games in Python 3 using the Pygame module. Previous articles are: read more Powered by...
5 ways to conduct user research with an open source mindset
There are common beliefs about user experiences—the best ones are user-centered, iterative, and intuitive. When user experience (UX) research is conducted, user stories about these experiences are collected—but the research methods chosen inform user experiences, too. So, what makes for an engaging research experience, and how can methods evolve alongside products to better connect with users? read more Powered by...
